venter

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology.
   1. the abdomen or belly.
   2. a bellylike cavity or concavity.
   3. a bellylike protuberance.
2. Law. the womb, or a wife or mother, as a source of offspring.

noun

1. anatomy zoology
   1. the belly or abdomen of vertebrates
   2. a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle
2. botany the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum
3. law the womb
4. in venter law conceived but not yet born

noun

1. (John) Craig. born 1946, US biologist: founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (1992) whose work contributed greatly to the mapping of the human genome

n.

1. abdomen
2. belly
3. One of the large cavities of the body.
4. A cavity or hollowed surface, especially of a bone.
5. The uterus.